Adopted from the Conference on College Composition & Communication:

Today the Lumen board meeting is being held on the unceded traditional gathering lands of the Spokane Tribe of Indians. The Spokane are one among the interior Salish-speaking tribes along with the Coeur d’Alene, Kalispel, Colville, San Poil, Nespelem, Okanagan, Lakes, the Shuswap of Canada, and the Pend Oreille and Salish of the Flathead Reservation. Along the banks of the Columbia and Spokane rivers and their tributaries, the ancestors of the Spokane People made their lives across northeastern Washington, sometimes moving into what are now Idaho and Montana as they hunted, fished, and gathered. In 1858, when the US government sent its soldiers through Spokane lands without treaty or, indeed, any adequate communication with the people, the Spokanes bravely defended their families and territory. In 1951, with a formal constitution that continues to govern the people today, the Spokane Tribe was formally recognized as a tribal government by the United States. Today, approximately 2,900 citizens are enrolled members of the Spokane Tribe. The Tribe is dedicated to sustaining its language and culture through programs that include language education lessons and storytelling

March Reports Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i0lup1sb-m6KaFdePmyC4n3FyekbXmhA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100924568364540578348&rtpof=true&sd=true

- SAO Audit Exit Items

- Investments

- Budget- Administrative COLA's

Board Payment approval:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ep96BOEHKnb_QMfcq-RU8tdRxCQWUciHF4cJYBFRIv0/edit?usp=sharing

Policy & Procedure Updates:

Policy- 3211: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HyoCABpW__nlQECexmPXvRR3Eu0wVy8P/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100924568364540578348&rtpof=true&sd=true

Procedure- 2190: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rW8KRIrb57_jT0Hs9Pe6glKcq2uOIsdRJw7VxV9o0W4/edit?usp=sharing

- PDC Reporting- Sign Attestations

- May 16 Equity training 5:30-8:30pm

- Performance Framework Process

- Long Term Sub- Fall

- Glow Fundraiser- May 18th @ the Bing

-Review of Board memo sent to email prior to meeting

Discuss Board Memo

Board Recruitment Conversation:

4 Seats Open:

Attributes for Board Recruitment (to be discussed, added to, and prioritized together):

• Legal Experience
• School Finance Experience
• Governance Committee seat
• Connection to large donors
• Lived experience (any protected class- race, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation, etc.- reflective of Lumen students)
• Higher Ed connection

Timeline for recruitment for August Board Retreat/start of the new year for Directorship.

Elizabeth Arnold has a proven history of strategically coordinating portfolios and programs across business areas to ensure alignment with company objectives and goals while realizing benefits for stakeholders and customers. In her current role as Federal Grants Program Manager for Avista Utilities’, Elizabeth uses her passion for relationships to align projects within the utility to grant opportunities at the federal and state level while partnering with other utilities, community groups, and Tribal entities to actively pursue funding. Elizabeth is also completing a year-long selective leadership program at Avista this spring and is honored to be a member of the program which in now in its 20th year. Over the last seven years at Avista, Elizabeth has used her customer centric approach to decision making to serve as a project manager and program manager leading to successful delivery of large initiatives for Avista, such as completion of the Scott Morris Center for Innovation in Spokane’s University District. With previous experience as a primer for innovation, she has also spent 16 months as a loaned executive to an Avista start-up.

Elizabeth is not a native to Spokane but has been calling Spokane home now for 7 years. Prior to relocating here, Elizabeth was heavily involved in the non-profit pediatric community in Cleveland, OH. That journey started for her and her family when their daughter was born at 28 weeks weighing 1 lb. 13 oz. and spending the first 13 weeks of her life in University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. That experience forever changed Elizabeth, who after her daughter’s first birthday, knew that she needed to give back and support other families who had micro-preemies. Elizabeth went on to eventually become President of the Patient and Family Advisory Council at the hospital during which she worked on patient rights, supporting the development of patient-center care for the hospital system, and organizing and marketing preemie events for the community. Other organizations and involvement include Graham’s Foundation (past member and local representative in Northeastern Ohio) and Girls Scouts of Eastern Washington and North Idaho (past Troop leader for 5 years).

When not delivering strategic solutions and volunteering in her community, Elizabeth enjoys the outdoors, being active, reading, and cooking with her spouse, Richard, and their children, Madaline, and William, and Bailey, their highly active Australian Shepherd.

May Board Meeting- Quorum not likely, will moving the meeting to May 13th or 23rd be possible? 

Work session next month- Lumen financial progress & budget planning